Before I say this, I want it known I am a major NRA member and supporter, and a firm defender of 2nd amendment rights.

YEARS ago I got the great idea (this is dripping with sarcasm,) to rent a booth at the local gun show to promote my programs. I was there all day Saturday. I didn't even bother to come back on Sunday.

After about an hour looking at, and talking to, the people there, I began to have the uncontrollable urge to write checks to Sara Brady!!! By the end of the day I was ready to join a ban firearms group. The redneck, inbred, racists, the wannabes & posers were beyond anything I have ever seen. There is a VERY large market for these people, and it is the one Ralph is serving with his blue plate special of bull crap.

These are some VERY unstable people with serious mental issues, paranoia being greatest among them. But all of you know that by now.

You must have a crush on Mtripp, don't you?
Go do some pushups or something.

Well, his Taijutsu is authentic...which puts him head and shoulders above Ashida Kim and Sheng Lung Yi. As for the other training...at least it shows that he's willing to branch out and try new things.

I have a feeling that he's good to go, and that he's probably pretty solid and strong regardless of how "Puffy" he looks.

You must have a crush on Mtripp, don't you?
Go do some pushups or something.

I posted the quote you quoted; so I am kinda confused....

"Out of every hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back." -- Hericletus, circa 500 BC

"Judo is a study of techniques with which you may kill if you wish to kill, injure if you wish to injure, subdue if you wish to subdue, and, when attacked, defend yourself" - Jigoro Kano (1889)
***Was this quote "taken out of context"?***

"The judoist has no time to allow himself a margin for error, especially in a situation upon which his or another person's very life depends...."
~ The Secret of Judo (Jiichi Watanabe & Lindy Avakian), p.19

"Hope is not a method... nor is enthusiasm."
~ Brigadier General Gordon Toney

You must have a crush on Mtripp, don't you?
Go do some pushups or something.

C'mon. Mtripp obviously has a few brain cells to rub together, at least enough to realize that there are a few gun-totin' headcases out there, and that's the price we pay for EVERYONE to enjoy their 2nd Amendment rights.
Quit acting like it's something profound...:rolleyes:

"Judo is a study of techniques with which you may kill if you wish to kill, injure if you wish to injure, subdue if you wish to subdue, and, when attacked, defend yourself" - Jigoro Kano (1889)
***Was this quote "taken out of context"?***

"The judoist has no time to allow himself a margin for error, especially in a situation upon which his or another person's very life depends...."
~ The Secret of Judo (Jiichi Watanabe & Lindy Avakian), p.19

"Hope is not a method... nor is enthusiasm."
~ Brigadier General Gordon Toney

Nah, I found it kinda cool to hear such a clear statement. Mr Tripp is apparently a very conservative person, politically. - For me as an outsider, who observes, but not participates in US political life, the boundaries between a politically conservative person and a complete nutjob a la Glenn Beck are often not very clear. - So this post really elevated y opinion of him.

Nah, I found it kinda cool to hear such a clear statement. Mr Tripp is apparently a very conservative person, politically. - For me as an outsider, who observes, but not participates in US political life, the boundaries between a politically conservative person and a complete nutjob a la Glenn Beck are often not very clear. - So this post really elevated y opinion of him.

I am a conservative person, period. I support those politically who understand Government is not the answer to the problems, but they are the problems. Always have been, and always will be.

Yes, there are a great many idiots with firearms. As was said, its the price we pay for freedom. As for nutjobs, I think the Air America bunch and the MSNBC crowd are far nuttier than anyone the right has to offer....

...and for the record....

...I think Glenn Beck is dead on.

See, I told you I could change your opinion!

"Out of every hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back." -- Hericletus, circa 500 BC